World Economic Forum (Davos)

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News about World Economic Forum (Davos), including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Jan. 25, 2015

Russian businessmen say their meetings at World Economic Forum in Davos have been almost entirely with Chinese, Indian and Middle East partners or possible investors; it is stark demonstration of how sanctions imposed over war in Ukraine have hurt Russia's contacts with Europe and United States. MORE

Jan. 19, 2015

While Davos has long hosted controversial conversations, the issue of gay rights had seemed off limits at the World Economic Forum. This year, it’s on the official agenda. MORE

Jan. 19, 2015

Oxfam releases study finding that world's richest 1 percent are set to control more than half of all global wealth by 2016, marking watershed in rise of income inequality; report, which comes days before annual World Economic Forum meeting, indicates that divide is starker than at any point in recent history. MORE

Jan. 27, 2014

The ties of the neighbors with a long history of strained interactions were a major topic at the World Economic Forum. MORE

Jan. 26, 2014

World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, famous networking blitz for global power elite, is increasingly a place where leading museum directors, arts leaders and university presidents clamor to make a case for culture and the humanities as a vital part of the global economy. MORE

Jan. 20, 2014

The leaders of some of the largest and most transformative companies are demonstrating, with their absence, the difficulty of convening a global conversation. MORE

Jun. 20, 2013

Advertising column; Creative for Good, initiative introduced by World Economic Forum, Advertising Council and Ketchum, offers creative public service announcements for inspiration. MORE

Jan. 28, 2013

Visitors to World Economic Forum attend meetings discussing future of massive open online courses, which are currently in test phases at number of prestigious universities; questions focus on what kind of economic model could eventually emerge to finance the operations. MORE

Jan. 21, 2013

Representatives from world's largest banks attending the World Economic Forum may find atmosphere more congenial than in recent years; growing number of government overseers feel it is time to begin relaxing strict regulations imposed on banks following the 2008 financial crisis. MORE

Sep. 6, 2012

World Economic Forum survey of 144 countries notes that a growing north-south divide is one of the factors at the heart of the continuing euro zone crisis; rankings show a vast difference between the best- and worst-performing nations in the 17-nation single currency area. MORE

Jan. 27, 2012

Lael Brainard, America's top financial diplomat, arrives in Davos, Switzerland, with the urgent task of persuading European leaders to contribute billions of euros to a bailout fund intended to head off a financial crisis; Brainard has developed a reputation as a calm but extraordinarily persistent negotiator, but many European policy makers bristle at the idea of American interference. MORE

Jan. 27, 2012

Discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, has shifted away from doomsday forecasts of an imminent euro collapse, focusing instead on the best way for the euro zone to weather an economic downturn and whether it can emerge stronger from the ordeal; leaders like Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany are displaying a renewed will to preserve the common currency. MORE

Jan. 26, 2012

World leaders who will attend the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland, share common troubles of economic turmoil and popular dissent in their home countries; anxiety is likely to be in the air as they meet to discuss an uncertain future and assess a year that was rife with upheaval. MORE

Jan. 26, 2012

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, speaking at the World Economic Forum, says Europe has made more progress on the sovereign debt crisis than foreign investors acknowledge; tones down her usual calls for budgetary austerity. MORE

Jan. 12, 2012

World Economic Forum says severe income disparity and chronic fiscal imbalances are the top two risks facing business leaders and policy makers in 2012 and over the next decade; highlights other risks including global warming and cyberattacks. MORE

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Goldman Sachs has calculated that falling oil prices will push well over a trillion dollars into other industries around the world, said Gary Cohn, the investment bank’s president and chief operating officer.

European leaders continued to pressure Greece and address the debt crisis, Apple released blockbuster earnings lifted by the iPhone 4S, global financial leaders met in Davos and the American economy was seen as gaining strength.